The Proud To Be Indigenous campaign was launched last year by First Peoples Worldwide, a nonprofit organization that focuses on funding local development projects in indigenous communities all over the world. The UNPFII is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

The online Proud To Be Indigenous campaign invites Indigenous Peoples and supporters from around the world to raise their voices to celebrate indigenous culture in a number of ways:

--Send a Proud to Be Indigenous photo of yourself, family, friends or colleagues holding a Proud To Be Indigenous sign and post it on the campaign’s Facebook page or on Twitter using the hashtag #Proud2BIndigenous or #P2BI and it will be retweeted. If you only have e-mail, just e-mail the photo to proud2bindigenous@firstpeoples.org.

--If you or your organization is hosting an event during the UNFII, post it to the Facebook page and let the campaign promote it for you. It could be a documentary screening, book or poetry reading, live-tweet, or discussion during the #P2BI week.

--Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter (@firstpeoples) using the hashtag #P2BI or #Proud2BIndigenous. Each day the campaign will focus on a different theme: